Landfill expansion cut in half in Linn County pact
The Linn County area reaches a compromise ending a long dispute over Site No 2 landfill growth. Engineers will redesign the footprint for state approval and focus on waste diversion and alternatives to landfilling as Marion Cedar Rapids and county officials celebrate a negotiated agreement.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marion
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
County
Linn County landfill agreement outlines height, footprint, and boards
The expansion pact for Landfill Site No. 2 sets a maximum height of 914 feet, restricts footprint to 800 feet south of the original line, expands the southern buffer by about 1,800 feet, dismisses at least eight lawsuits involving Linn County, Marion, and the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency, grants Marion a permanent seat on the waste board, and blocks compost facilities at the site.
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Laura Segall
the Gazette
County Home Road
Highway 13
Linn County
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Solid Waste Agency
Utilities Gift Certificates Aim to Ease Winter Bills
Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy offer gift certificates to help pay heating costs in Eastern Iowa. Denominations vary and can be personalized. certificates may be used toward utilities with a $4.75 handling fee plus 20 cents per certificate.
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the Gazette
Alliant Energy
Mid- American Energy
Iowa
Karmen Wilhelm
Wilhelm
MidAmerican Energy
Alan Arliss
Arliss
CertifiChecks
Alliant
MidAmerican
Alliantenergy.com
Certifichecks.com
Robbery Suspect Surrenders After Hotel Standoff
Brandon Labarge, 36, on parole for an Arizona robbery and under investigation in a spree of local convenience store robberies, surrendered after a three hour standoff with police in a hotel. He was jailed on parole violation with $50,000 bail and faces possible federal charges.
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David Wallace
the Gazette
John Gales
Cedar Rapids
Christoph Trappe
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Arizona
Brandon Labarge
Linn County
Robberies Trigger Standoff Near Local Hotels
Robberies at two stations on 535 First Ave SW and 502 E Ave NW prompt a police standoff at Best Western Cooper's Mill Hotel 100 F Ave NW. A stolen pickup was recovered and Labarge was brought in for questioning as officers secured the scene.
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First Ave
Best Western
Cooper’s Mill
F Ave
Labarge
First female federal death sentence in over 50 years
Angela Johnson, 41, was sentenced to death by U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett for involvement in the 1993 execution style killings of five people, including two children, joining Dustin Honken, who also faces a death sentence. Johnson maintained innocence and blamed Honken for coercing her into crime.
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Nvovuravou
Sioux City
U.S
Mark Bennett
Angela Johnson
Johnson
Dustin Hanken
Bonnie Brown
Missouri
Brown
Ethel Rosenberg
Julius
New York
Hanken
Honken
Intelligent design barred in Pennsylvania school district
A federal judge ruled that intelligent design is not science but religion. He barred a Pennsylvania public school district from teaching the concept to high school biology students, a setback for the intelligent design movement.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ruling Leaves Intelligent Design Stance Unchanged at Local School
At Heritage Christian School in North Liberty Administrator Michael Annis says intelligent design remains the science foundation despite Tuesday's court ruling. Iowa Academy of Science President Paul Bartelt, Waldorf College professor, welcomes the decision supporting evolution and rejecting religious-based alternatives in science classrooms.
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Heritage Christian School
North Liberty
Michael Annis
Anniseid
Iowa Academy of Science
Academy
Paul Bartelt
Waldorf College
Forest City
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